Protocol of General Meeting of the Judenrat in Lublin

(March 31, 1942)

In accordance with orders received from the Authorities
carrying out the evacuation Aktion , the members of the Judenrat
were assembled at 14:00: Dr. Alten, Bekker, Bursztyn, Cymerman, Dawidson,
Goldsobel, Halbersztadt, Hochgemein, Hufnagel, Kantor, Kerszman, Kerszenblum,
Kelner, Lewi, Lewinson, Lerner, Siegfried, Tenenbaum, Wajselfisz.

Members of the Judenrat who were absent: Kestenberg
and Edelstein (who were arrested yesterday at the prison) and Rechtman.

In addition the following persons were invited today
who do not belong to the Judenrat: Aizik Brodt, Daniel Kupferminc, Josef
Rotrubin, Szulim Tajkef, Boleslaw Tenenbaum and Wolf Wiener.

After the arrival of representatives of the Authorities,
Messrs. SS Obersturmfuehrer Worthoff, SS Untersturmfuehrer Walter, SS
Untersturmfuehrer Dr. Sturm, SS Unterscharfuehrer Knitzky, Mr. Worthoff
and Dr. Sturm made the following announcement: The evacuation of the
Jewish population will continue in future with the difference that the
valid document permitting a person to remain in Lublin will no longer
be the Arbeitsausweis (work card) with the stamp of the Sipo (Security
Police), but the <I>J.[uden] Ausweis. </I>Those in possession
of the J.-Ausweis are entitled to remain in Lublin, all others will
be evacuated.

The Jewish population is to be informed that those
in possession of a J.-Ausweis are required to make certain that in their
apartments in the ghetto, which have been inspected or will still be
inspected, no persons without a J.-Ausweis are in hiding, as otherwise
those who are in possession of a J.-Ausweis will also be evacuated.

As only a small percentage of the former Jewish population
will remain in Lublin, the Judenrat will be reduced from 24 to 12 members.

Those members of the former Judenrat who were not
included in the Judenrat appointed today will be evacuated together
with their families and will leave Lublin today together with the first
transport.

Those members of the former Judenrat who live outside
the ghetto will go to their apartments accompanied by officials of the
Sipo , and after they have taken belongings needed for their move, the
apartments will be closed and sealed.

The former members of the Judenrat Engineer Bekker
and Dr. Siegfried will be given administrative positions in the Judenrat
and the JSS* in their new place of residence as persons with experience
in these fields.

After the former members of the Judenrat had left
the hall, Dr. Sturm made the following announcement:

Dr. Alten is appointed Chairman of the Judenrat.

Kerszman is appointed Deputy Chairman.

The Presidium of the Judenrat will include: Alten,
Kerszman and Kupferminc.

The distribution of duties among the members of the
Judenrat will be as follows, although it is possible that changes will
be recommended:

Judenrat Member Kupferminc will deal with nutrition
in the ghetto.

Judenrat Member Tenenbaum will deal with matters concerning
the police, disinfection, elimination of lice and cleanliness in houses.

He will have M. Stockfisch as assistant. From today
the office for the elimination of lice and for disinfection will be
linked to the Judenrat and become part of it. Mendel Goldfarb is appointed
Commander of the Ordnungsdienst (Jewish Police) as an operational instrument.

Judenrat Member Brodt will deal with labor affairs;

Judenrat Member Wiener will deal with housing;

Judenrat Member Hochgemein will deal with finance;

Judenrat Member Hufnagel will deal with Public Assistance:

Judenrat Member Rotrubin will deal with Public Health;

Judenrat Member Kelner will deal with registration
and information;

Judenrat Member Tajkef will be responsible for the
collection of taxes, together with Judenrat Member Hochgemein.

Dr. Alten is authorized to represent the Judenrat
in appearances before the Authorities, but he is entitled to delegate
his authority to the managers of other departments.

Judenrat members are obliged to carry out the instructions
of the Chairman of the Judenrat, Dr. Alten.

No further recommendations of any kind for the issuing
of a J.-Ausweis will be considered.